What are Circuit Court and Chancery Court?
Circuit Court and Chancery Court are trial courts for civil cases. They do not hear criminal matters. They are where most Orders of Protection are determined. (In some counties, Sessions Court handles Orders of Protection.) If Circuit Court or Chancery Court issued an Order of Protection, it has the full authority to enforce all parts of the Order of Protection, including the authority to give you custody of your children and the authority to place the abuser in jail for contempt should he or she violate the Order of Protection. What does the District Attorney do? The District Attorney prosecutes all crimes in the county. As a victim of a crime, you have the following rights: the right to be informed of all proceedings; the right to be informed of the release of a person arrested; the right to be present at criminal hearings; the right to be heard at certain stages of the criminal process; the right to confer with the District Attorney on your case; and the right to have the abuser pay
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